Refigure Ltd

About

I'm an award-winning coach and consultant for the digital and creative industries. I help women become more successful and fulfilled, by sharing tools to increase confidence and be more authentic. My company is Refigure Ltd. I talk about diversity every chance I get because it's very important to me. I work with arts and digital workers, entrepreneurs, universities, producers, artists, musicians, creative leaders, and business owners. I can help you clarify your goals, focus on your priorities and support you in your success, with my 3-Hour Blast Sessions.

I run SheSays Brighton events for women in digital and creative industries, we now have 2000 members in Brighton alone. I'm the Festival Director for Spring Forward Festival, a month-long celebration of the role of women in digital culture that runs throughout March in parallel with Women's History Month. I hosted and organised The Story 2018. I worked with the Brighton Digital Festival board, to get them through to the next phase of their development. Until recently I was Chief Community Officer at Wired Sussex and The FuseBox.

"Rifa is a powerful force for positive change."

I’m a founding member of Women of Colour Brighton with over 1300 members. I am the winner of the Community Hero Award 2022. ?I was Mentor/Coach of the Year finalist and Best Networker of the Year runner-up at the Business Women Excellence Awards 2019. I’m one of Etc magazines’s Top 20 Inspirational Women 2020.

I was on the boards of directors for Lighthouse Arts and The Marlborough Theatre for 4 years and I produced/presented a weekly radio show on Juice 107.2 FM. I am a digital consultant with 25 years of project management, planning, and research experience for agencies in London and Brighton.

I've worked for corporates, broadcast companies, and start-ups. I deliver high-quality work and motivate talented teams to produce the best. I'm a scrum master and was nominated High Achiever of the Year in the Venus Awards 2013 and 2014. I was in Sussex Life magazine Top 50 inspiring women in 2017.

I had a successful career in London before moving to Brighton - I project managed the first Channel 5 website when I was 27 years old, with a team of 20 designers, programmers, and writers. As a teenager I worked for Shocking Pink feminist magazine, won national writing competitions, and had my poetry published in Grass Roots in Verse.

You can listen to my 'Meditation with Rifa' podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and all podcast platforms. I also have a Culture and Diversity podcast - search for 'Refigure Podcast'.

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